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GENERAL EDUCATION ENGLISH ED113 - INTEGRATIVE LEARNING PROF. ELIJAH JAMES I. GARGAR, LPT, MAEd Chairmen, Secondary Education Department  WORD: THE DEFINITION AND CRITERIA  WORD FORMATION “There are over a million words at our disposal yet 1000...

GENERAL EDUCATION ENGLISH ED113 - INTEGRATIVE LEARNING PROF. ELIJAH JAMES I. GARGAR, LPT, MAEd Chairmen, Secondary Education Department  WORD: THE DEFINITION AND CRITERIA  WORD FORMATION “There are over a million words at our disposal yet 1000 new words are added up to the lexicon each year (Bodle, 2016) CHILLAX (verb) – to relax WHATEVS (adverb, pronoun,) - whatever WORD FORMATION Global Language Monitor (GLM) - documents, analyze, and track trends in language usage. TOP WORDS OF 2020 1. Covid 6. Progress 2. Covid-19 7. Truth 3. Coronavirus 8. Social Distancing 4. Corona 9. Trade War 5. Face mask 10. Sustainability WORD FORMATION JOHN MILTON 630 WORDS BEN JOHNSON 558 WORDS JOHN DONNE 342 WORDS SHAKESPEARE 229 WORDS WORD FORMATION 1. DERIVATION - adding prefix/ suffix to the existing words Example: REALIZATION WORD FORMATION 2. BACK FORMATION - Forming new words by extraction the actual or supposed affixes from another word. EXAMPLE: SCULPT PROOFREAD SCAVENGE BABYSIT WORD FORMATION 3. COMPOUNDING - word formed from joining or combining tow or more words EXAMPLE: OPEN living room CLOSED notebook HYPHENATED long-term WORD FORMATION 4. REPURPOSING - word formed by taking a word from one context and applying it in another context EXAMPLE: Computer Mouse WORD FORMATION 5. CONVERSION - Transplanting one word class to another by taking a word EXAMPLE: FRIEND (can be a VERB or a NOUN) GIANT (can be an ADJECTIVE or a NOUN) WORD FORMATION 6. EPONYMS - Words named after a person EXAMPLE: Alzheimer Fahrenheit Zipper WORD FORMATION 7. ABBREVIATIONS CLIPPING (cutting the beginning or the end of a word or both leaving a part to stand for the whole) BACK-CLIPPED – words that lose their fore part EX: exam for examination FORE-CLIPPING – the beginning of the word is removed EX: plane for airplane  WORD FORMATION 7. ABBREVIATIONS CLIPPING MIDDLE CLIPPING – the middle word is retained EX. Flu from influenza COMPLEX CLIPPING – multiple parts from multiple words is removed EX. Sitcom from situation comedy  WORD FORMATION 7. ABBREVIATIONS ACRONYMS – words formed by the initials or succession of beginning segments of words. They are pronounced as single words. EX. RADAR (Radio detecting and ranging)  WORD FORMATION 7. ABBREVIATIONS INITIALISM – building a word from the initial letters in a phrase or name. They are read as sequence of letters EX. USA DNA  WORD FORMATION 8. LOANWORDS - English words borrowed from other languages EX. Tycoon (Japanese)Taboo (Polynesian) 9. ONOMATOPEIA - refers to the creation of a word by imitating the sound  WORD FORMATION 10. REDUPLICATION - the repetition or near-repetition of words or sounds EX. Picnic Goody-goody 11. NONCE WORDS - A nonce word is a made-up word, or lexeme, created by a writer in poetry or fiction.  WORD FORMATION 12. ERROR - misspellings, mishearings, mispronunciations, and mistranscriptions lead to new forms in conjunction with other mechanisms. EX. Apron Nickname  WORD FORMATION 13. BLENDING - taking to or more words, removing parts of each and joining the residues together to create a new word whose meaning is taken from the source words. EX. WEBINAR – worldwide web + seminar STUDY AND THINKING SKILLS All of the following are fragments except: a. Dozens of young artists gathered for the concert. b.Sipped at the steaming cup of coffee. c. The young boy impressed at the sight of men marching off to war. d.A collection of quotations from famous contemporary politicians. All of the following are fragments except: a.Dozens of young artists gathered for the concert. b.Sipped at the steaming cup of coffee. c. The young boy impressed at the sight of men marching off to war. d.A collection of quotations from famous contemporary politicians. All of the following contain a dangling modifier except: a.To complete in the race, a form must be completed. b.When the cat scratched at the door, we let her in. c.Wrapped in my blanket, the cold was no problem. d.While taking the inventory, the store was closed. All of the following contain a dangling modifier except: a.To complete in the race, a form must be completed. b.When the cat scratched at the door, we let her in. c.Wrapped in my blanket, the cold was no problem. d.While taking the inventory, the store was closed. What is the topic sentence for the following paragraph? 1. Visiting a dentist can be an uncomfortable experience 2. One has to make an appointment with the dentist first 3. The dentist normally examines the teeth first using terrifying instruments 4. X-ray frames cut into the gums. Lights in a person’s eye are annoying 5. Most people would rather do anything than go to the dentist. a. Sentence 1 c. Sentence 4 b.Sentence 2 d. Sentence 5 SPEECH AND ORAL COMMUNICATION  RESPONDING REACTING SPEAKING SEGMENTALS VOICED OR VOICELESS THE SUPRA SEGMENTALS She is like a flower